Word: public
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...eleven-man panel headed by Robert A. Ainsworth Jr. of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, the new code provides only one narrow loophole. Because several judges protested that the ban on nonjudicial activities was too sweeping, an exception was made for services in the public interest, such as teaching at law schools-provided that approval is obtained from the appropriate judicial council, that the services do not interfere with judicial duties, and that the pay is publicly announced...
...took his case to the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC ordered the station to give Cook a turn at the mike, went on to point out that under its "fairness doctrine," broadcasters must 1) offer free time to people personally attacked on the air on a controversial issue of public importance, and 2) in cases where stations editorially endorse or oppose a candidate, give opponents a chance to be heard. WGCB appealed, contending that the FCC had overstepped its authority. The Radio Television News Directors Association, joined by the National and Columbia Broadcasting companies, also went to court to argue...
...conclusions. The hunter is still in command; only the hunt has changed. "When a community deals with its most vital problems," Tiger writes, "when statements of internal and external importance are made, when-particularly in warfare -decisive actions must be taken, at these times, females do not participate. The public forum is a male forum...
...public areas are concerned, word was passed to the National Collection of the Fine Arts, which furnishes the West Wing's lobby and pressrooms, that the Nixons would prefer something not quite so abstract as the Tobeys and Youngermans featured there under Lady Bird's tenancy. Those particular paintings have consequently vanished, but their replacements are still works by contemporary Americans. The show that has been on during past months includes Wolf Kahn's diffused Yellow House (1967), Roy Moyer's semi-abstract Cypresses (1968), John Button's Hopperesque Lake Erie (1968), and an assortment...
From the viewpoint of public interest, the Geneva trip was something of a disappointment. Except for an open-air evening Mass celebrated by the Pope in the Pare de la Grange, where 60,000 people showed up, the crowds were amazingly small. Some Protestant traditionalists showed their displeasure at the visit by holding a prayer vigil at the supposed site of Calvin's grave, and nine Presbyterian ministers picketed World Council headquarters with signs saying "No peace with Rome" shortly before the Pope's arrival. The major threat to the peace of the day-a planned demonstration...